Women Over 70: Aging Reimagined

At 76, Magda Bogin describes herself as an “a-typical international,” drawn

to the sounds of languages, the cello, and the power of words. A poet,

novelist, journalist, teacher, librettist, translator, and cellist, she has devoted

her life to exploring how we make meaning and express what we know.

For 25 years, through her retreat center, Under the Vol...

For Liz DiCarlo, 77, activism isn’t something separate from everyday life. It is how she lives—seeing a need, stepping forward, and working alongside others to create change.

Now retired after a long career as a registered nurse and community organizer in central North Carolina, New Bedford, and throughout Cape Cod and the islands, Liz and her wife of 38 years, B...

Ann Jones, 75, has never been afraid of change. Curiosity and courage have carried her from teaching on a remote Native American reservation to a demanding career with Andersen Consulting/Accenture, and later to gardening, real estate, and a new life in Asheville, North Carolina.

That first teaching assignment, 90 miles from Gallup, New Mexico, taught Ann somethi...

Founder and Executive Director Donna V. Werner’s humanitarian journey began in 2016, when she attended a conference in Toronto, Canada, as an international delegate from the United States. There, she met a gentleman from Kenya who had recently started a school and invited Donna to help support the children. She traveled to Kenya in June 2017 to see the needs firsthand. Upon r...

What can we learn from older adults who maintain remarkable memory and cognitive health well into their 80s and beyond? Dr. Emily Rogalski invites us into the fascinating science of SuperAgers—adults over 80 whose memory performance is comparable to people 20–30 years younger. As leader of the SuperAging Research Initiative at the University of Chicago,

Dr. Rogalski and...